Machines Like Me Audiobook (Free)

Random House presents the audiobook release of Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan, read by Billy Howle.

Britain has shed the Falklands battle, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial cleverness. In a world not quite like this one, two fans will be examined beyond their understanding.

Machines Like Me occurs within an choice 1980s London. Charlie, drifting through lifestyle and dodging full-time work, is in love with Miranda, a bright pupil who lives with an awful magic formula. When Charlie comes into money, he purchases Adam, among the first batch of man made human beings. With Miranda’s assistance, he co-designs Adam’s character. This near-perfect human is beautiful, solid and smart – a love triangle quickly forms. These three beings will confront a serious moral dilemma. Ian McEwan’s subversive and entertaining new novel poses fundamental queries: what makes us individual? Our outward deeds or our inner lives? Could a machine understand the individual heart? This provocative and thrilling story warns of the energy to invent items beyond our control.